Flame retardant transfers from U.S. households (dust and laundry wastewater) to the aquatic environment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11575-11583

  Schreder, Erika D ^a   La Guardia, Mark J ^b  

^a Washington Toxics Coalition   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; DUST; EFFLUENTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; LAUNDRIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASTICIZERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TRIS(1 ,3-DICHLORO-2-PROPYL) PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) PHOSPHATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYURETHAN FOAM; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DUST; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; TRIS(1,3-DICHLORO-2-PROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2,3-DIBROMOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAUNDRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES;

DUST; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84907921310     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502227h     Document Type: Article

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